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Post by Savage Gambino on Jan 28, 2013 12:29:17 GMT -5
That's like losing to a leg drop. Or a fireman's carry.  |
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Post by crowwreak was WRONG on Jan 28, 2013 12:32:16 GMT -5
I know this thread was made as a joke, but people saying this have a point. The People's Elbow was always supposed to be just Rock showing off while the Rock Bottom is the thing that keeps an opponent down.
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Post by Spearmint* on Jan 28, 2013 12:36:00 GMT -5
Yeah I honestly don't see why they choose to end with the Elbow over the RB but ah well no one will really remember that in years to come.
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Post by repomark on Jan 28, 2013 12:57:26 GMT -5
I thought for sure Punk was going to kick out after the People's Elbow, leading to the Rock Bottom and his eventual defeat.
It is a silly move, but it is still cool. The Rock beat Triple H with that move at Backlash 2000 in what was one of my favourite matches ever. That said, this match was no where near as good.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Jan 28, 2013 12:58:35 GMT -5
THE PEOPLE'S ELBOW? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? STOOP THAT LOW!
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 28, 2013 12:59:21 GMT -5
I thought for sure Punk was going to kick out after the People's Elbow, leading to the Rock Bottom and his eventual defeat. It is a silly move, but it is still cool. The Rock beat Triple H with that move at Backlash 2000 in what was one of my favourite matches ever. That said, this match was no where near as good. And Triple H felt that the move hurt his credibility so bad that he had to bury everyone else to save face. ;D |
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Post by Giul T. on Jan 28, 2013 13:00:24 GMT -5
I know this thread was made as a joke, but people saying this have a point. The People's Elbow was always supposed to be just Rock showing off while the Rock Bottom is the thing that keeps an opponent down. You could argue that the Spinebuster stunned Punk enough for the 3 count, but Rock wanted to show up Punk specifically and pin him with the Elbow just for what he tried to pull with the Shield |
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Jan 28, 2013 13:04:18 GMT -5
I liked it because I couldn't think of any other way for the match to end. Punk said the people didn't matter, Rock channeled the power of the people to win. It's cheesy wrestling logic at its best and I love it.
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Post by Bo Rida on Jan 28, 2013 14:33:18 GMT -5
I liked it because I couldn't think of any other way for the match to end. Punk said the people didn't matter, Rock channeled the power of the people to win. It's cheesy wrestling logic at its best and I love it. It's often said that the commentators no longer call moves properly because they're focused on putting over the story but they're even terrible at that as they ignore things like this. Unless they did mention it and I was too busy throwing a tantrum to notice. |
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Post by Yami Daimao on Jan 28, 2013 15:10:57 GMT -5
Didn't he used to win a lot of his matches back then with the People's Elbow?
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Post by Lancers on Jan 28, 2013 15:15:56 GMT -5
If you're really into wrestling, finishing moves is probably one of the most infuriating aspects of it. I mean for years elbow and leg drops and even a jumping splash could finish matches. Then finishers got more technical. Then main event caliber wrestlers started kicking out of finishers regularly. Then in a complete full circle, one elbow drop completely ends a title reign.
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Post by Ginger Beer Man on Jan 28, 2013 15:16:20 GMT -5
That was my only issue with the ending. Rock Bottom before the elbow would have been fine.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jan 28, 2013 15:25:46 GMT -5
If you're really into wrestling, finishing moves is probably one of the most infuriating aspects of it. I mean for years elbow and leg drops and even a jumping splash could finish matches. Then finishers got more technical. Then main event caliber wrestlers started kicking out of finishers regularly. Then in a complete full circle, one elbow drop completely ends a title reign. The split happened when Finishers went from "The guy's got nothing left to resist with, so you can do whatever the hell you want" (Leg Drop, Gorilla Press into Body Splash, etc.) to "Out of nowhere, instant kill!" (Jake/Raven DDT, Stunner, Sweet Chin Music, etc.). The waters muddied there and you got a number of Power Moves which straddle the line because even though they were "Instant Kill", they took too long to be "Out of Nowhere". I don't think there really is any "proper" methodology to a finisher anymore. |
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jan 28, 2013 15:26:36 GMT -5
I think it's made more annoying by the fact that the Rock basically "Cena-ed" his way to a superman comeback.
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Post by MichaelMartini on Jan 28, 2013 15:28:54 GMT -5
It was only bad to me because of Rock's promo about how the match would end with a rock bottom. He didn't even take the second elbow pad off!
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Post by moneyinthebank on Jan 28, 2013 15:29:17 GMT -5
I thought for sure Punk was going to kick out after the People's Elbow, leading to the Rock Bottom and his eventual defeat. It is a silly move, but it is still cool. The Rock beat Triple H with that move at Backlash 2000 in what was one of my favourite matches ever. That said, this match was no where near as good. In fairness, he pinned Triple H with the move immediately after Triple H was attacked by Austin with a chair. This one was as simple as spinebuster, elbow, 3 count. |
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Post by Hurbster on Jan 28, 2013 15:36:15 GMT -5
I cheered for the Peoples Elbow.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jan 28, 2013 15:39:04 GMT -5
Didn't he used to win a lot of his matches back then with the People's Elbow? He beat HHH for the WWF title at Backlash 2000 with the People's Elbow. |
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I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jan 28, 2013 15:39:48 GMT -5
Didn't he used to win a lot of his matches back then with the People's Elbow? He beat HHH for the WWF title at Backlash 2000 with the People's Elbow. After a chairshot to the head.... |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2013 15:40:11 GMT -5
It definitely was not unusual for Rock to win with the Peoples' Elbow when he was around full-time. We're conditioned to expect all these finisher kick outs and whatnot in big matches now, so I found it refreshing that Rock just nailed the spinebuster/elbow real quick and got the win.
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